The Effects of Amino Acid Composition of Glutamine-Rich Domains on Amyloid Formation and Fragmentation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Alexandrov, Alexander I ^a   Polyanskaya, Alla B ^a   Serpionov, Genrikh V ^a   Ter Avanesyan, Michael D ^a   Kushnirov, Vitaly V ^a  

^a BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMYLOID; CHAPERONE; CYSTEINE; DIMER; GLYCINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 104; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; OLIGOMER; PHENYLALANINE; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; GLUTAMINE RICH DOMAIN; POLYMER FRAGMENTATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTAMINE;

EID: 84867365212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046458     Document Type: Article

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